Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Championship 26/27

The most valuable defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Hugo Bueno of Wolves is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.2, and L. Miller has been the form player this season, grading 47.7, and K. Mavropanos leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Egan has improved his Season rating most, up +37.6 on last season, while R. Alebiosu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Hughes of Hull City is the most valuable name in this group at 36.9.

Blackburn · 24/25→25/26

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J. Egan+37.6SsN

Hull City · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	23	36.9	43145.5%	7211.9%
2	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	36.6	4897.1%	5924.4%
3	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	33.9	4444%	642.9%
4	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	32.2	4210375%	617.6%
5	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	30.2	3219.1%	69±0%
6	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	29.8	2192.7%	585.7%
7	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	29.4	1468.5%	460.9%
8	Daniel Edward Peter Imray Full-back	Wrexham	23	29.3	568.3%	4819.1%
9	L. Graham Centre-back	Stoke City	22	29.1	1746.5%	49±0%
10	F. Lissah Full-back	Swansea	21	29.1	341.5%	49±0%
11	N. Djiga Centre-back	Wolves	23	29	1354.5%	528.9%
12	R. Alebiosu Full-back	Blackburn	24	28.8	1262.2%	68±0%
13	A. Boiro Centre-back	West Ham	24	28.7	9±0%	68±0%
14	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	23	28.6	1654%	511.6%
15	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	23	28.5	1939.3%	711.7%
16	A. Coubiș Full-back	Lincoln	23	28.4	1414.8%	331.5%
17	D. Elerewe Centre-back	Lincoln	23	28.3	2993.3%	4223.4%
18	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	28.3	3115.7%	70±0%
19	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	26	28.2	2238.7%	6460.9%
20	A. Mbengue Full-back	QPR	24	28.1	970.5%	67±0%
21	G. Campbell Centre-back	West Brom	25	27.9	1265.6%	662.5%
22	Morato Full-back	West Ham	25	27.9	669.5%	71±0%
23	A. Cochrane Full-back	Birmingham	26	27.9	1951.2%	57±0%
24	Hugo Bueno Full-back	Wolves	24	27.9	1448.5%	791.7%
25	N. Galves Centre-back	West Brom	23	27.8	1059.3%	681.3%
26	N. Mendy Centre-back	Hull City	22	27.7	30±0%	80±0%
27	K. Adamson Centre-back	QPR	23	27.7	10177.8%	55±0%
28	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	27.3	681.2%	733.3%
29	T. Devlin Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	27.3	1077.9%	68±0%
30	J. Seelt Centre-back	Swansea	23	27.2	511.9%	6910%
31	N. Wood-Gordon Centre-back	Southampton	24	27.2	869.6%	67±0%
32	B. Pereira Full-back	West Brom	23	27.1	194.9%	63±0%
33	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	27.1	2351.3%	61±0%
34	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	26.9	2345.4%	43±0%
35	I. Kaboré Full-back	Wrexham	25	26.7	575.4%	8528.6%
36	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	26.7	098.3%	64±0%
37	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	26.6	2132.9%	65±0%
38	R. Towler Centre-back	Lincoln	24	26.6	2419.8%	49±0%
39	I. Mesík Centre-back	Charlton	25	26.5	1514.9%	63±0%
40	Tom Atcheson Full-back	Blackburn	20	26.5	1533.6%	600.8%
41	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	25	26.4	1237.6%	652.7%
42	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	26.4	843.2%	64±0%
43	J. Tchatchoua Centre-back	Wolves	25	26.3	651.7%	742.8%
44	L. Eissat Centre-back	Bristol City	21	26.2	859.9%	447.4%
45	M. McGuinness Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	25	26.2	1522.9%	59±0%
46	Billy Dawson Koumetio Centre-back	Charlton	23	26.2	740.2%	42±0%
47	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	26	26.2	1832.8%	59±0%
48	Rio Cardines Full-back	Bristol City	20	26.2	92025%	69±0%
49	B. Johnson Full-back	Stoke City	26	26.1	1618.3%	53±0%
50	D. Cirkin Full-back	QPR	24	26.1	12124.5%	70±0%